In the Christmas time we see Christ as a helpless child,/ may we acknowledge the children of helplessness/ and find our way to do something to comfort and relieve them,/ the children of war,/ of poverty,/ disaster,/ abandonment,/ trafficking./ We pray to the Lord.
As we observe the magi arriving to offer gifts,/ may we recognize the gifts we each have to offer for the love of Christ,/ love of neighbor/ and for the healing of the world God has entrusted to our care./ We pray to the Lord.
Grant that our families would be healed where there is addiction,/ anger,/ spiritual poverty or emotional breakdown./ We pray to the Lord.
May the Christmas message of Pope Francis,/ a message of justice/ and the lifting up of the most desperate,/ be heard by those who lead around the world./ We pray to the Lord.
We ask for the conversion of the nations to the things of God's grace and goodness./ For our own nation in its confusion and bitterness./ May we learn anew how to be friends to each other./ We pray to the Lord.
At the start of a new year/ and on the feast of the Epiphany-star,/ we pray for the world where it is lost in darkness,/ where there is murder,/ terrorism,/ war,/ fear and hopelessness./ May we be humble bearers of light./ We pray to the Lord.
Grant that our families would be healed where there is addiction,/ anger,/ spiritual poverty or emotional breakdown./ We pray to the Lord.
May the Christmas message of Pope Francis,/ a message of justice/ and the lifting up of the most desperate,/ be heard by those who lead around the world./ We pray to the Lord.
We ask for the conversion of the nations to the things of God's grace and goodness./ For our own nation in its confusion and bitterness./ May we learn anew how to be friends to each other./ We pray to the Lord.
At the start of a new year/ and on the feast of the Epiphany-star,/ we pray for the world where it is lost in darkness,/ where there is murder,/ terrorism,/ war,/ fear and hopelessness./ May we be humble bearers of light./ We pray to the Lord.
